: the range within which one may hear a person's unaided voice
waited until he was out of earshot
Examples of earshot in a Sentence
They were within earshot of each other.
babysitters should remain within earshot of young children
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Accidental melodies fade in and out of earshot; pulsing chords rise up from below and are swallowed back into the murk, only to be replaced by other pulses running at different tempi, giving the impression of wheels within wheels within wheels.
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Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 21 Feb. 2026
So with Ware still within earshot as the cameras and microphones approached, Adebayo set the ground rules.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
After a daylong process that took place partially out of public earshot, a jury was selected yesterday in the trial of a Chicago man accused of passing along a gang bounty allegedly placed on the head of controversial Border Patrol Cmdr.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
The service Kind service, and plenty of staffers always within earshot.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
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Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 21 Feb. 2026
So with Ware still within earshot as the cameras and microphones approached, Adebayo set the ground rules.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
After a daylong process that took place partially out of public earshot, a jury was selected yesterday in the trial of a Chicago man accused of passing along a gang bounty allegedly placed on the head of controversial Border Patrol Cmdr.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
The service Kind service, and plenty of staffers always within earshot.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for earshot
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“Earshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earshot. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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earshot
noun
ear·shot
-ˌshät 
: the range within which a person can hear another's unaided voice
waited until he was out of earshot
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